Augmented Reality & Assessment

Personally, I am not into online gaming but continue to be amazed by its all power to absorb and grasp people’s full attention. Most recently, I read about two people who fell off a cliff in the USA whilst playing Pokemon Go. Just imagine if employees put this level of attention into their work!

Absorption or ‘flow’ is one component of employee engagement – where you are so focused on your work, you fail to notice things around you or time passing by. We all know that increasing engagement even by a small amount can have a massive impact on organisational success via increased productivity.

This brings me to think about how augmented reality can be used in the workplace. I see an exciting role for it in recruitment and development. This article shares how some companies are already using virtual reality in assessing candidates and an interesting vision for future augmented reality realistic job previews and assessments